Amended in Assembly March 17, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2834

Introduced by Assembly Member Low

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section begin delete 104755 end delete begin insert 104750 end insert of the Health and Safety Code, relating to oral health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2834, as amended, Low. State Oral Health Program.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to maintain a dental program, as specified, and requires the department to appoint a dentist licensed in California to administer the program. begin insert The program components include, but are not limited to, development of comprehensive dental health plans within the framework of the State Plan for Health to maximize utilization of all resources, and provision of the consultation necessary to coordinate federal, state, county, and city agency programs concerned with dental health. end insert

This bill would begin insert add to the components of the dental program, developing and maintaining a data collection and reporting system to monitor the dental disease experience and unmet dental need in California. The bill also would end insert make begin delete a end delete technical, nonsubstantive begin delete change to a provision of the program. end delete begin insert changes to these provisions. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 104750 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

104750.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The department shall maintain a dental program
including, but not limited to, the following:

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(a) Development of

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begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Develop end insert comprehensive dental health plans within the
framework of the State Plan for Health to maximize utilization of
all resources.

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(b)

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begin insert (2) end insert  Provide the consultation necessary to coordinate federal,
state, county, and city agency programs concerned with dental
health.

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(c)

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begin insert (3) end insert  Encourage, support, and augment the efforts of city and
county health departments in the implementation of a dental health
component in their program plans.

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(d)

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begin insert (4) end insert  Provide evaluation of these programs in terms of preventive
services.

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(e)

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begin insert (5) end insert  Provide consultation and program information to the health
professions, health professional educational institutions, and
volunteer agencies.

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(6) Develop and maintain a data collection and reporting system
to monitor the dental disease experience and unmet dental need
in California.

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(f)

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begin insert (b) end insert  For purposes of this begin delete article end delete begin insert article, end insert “State Plan for Health”
means that comprehensive state plan for health being developed
by the department pursuant to Public Law 89-749 (80 Stat. 1180).

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SECTION 1.  

Section 104755 of the Health and Safety Code
is amended to read:

104755.  

The director shall appoint a dentist licensed in
California to administer the dental program.

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